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Fukushima: To those who are working hard for renouncing nuclear energy: message from Ruiko via Fukushima 311 Voices

Posted on 2019/03/11 by nfield

It has been eight years since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster on March 11, 2011. I would like to thank you all for your continuous attention and support. I am also grateful for your lasting efforts to abandon … Continue reading →

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Eight years after triple nuclear meltdown, Fukushima No. 1’s water woes show no signs of ebbing　via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/03/07 by nfield

OKUMA, FUKUSHIMA PREF. – Nearly a thousand storage tanks are scattered across the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, holding a staggering 1.1 million tons of treated water used to keep its melted reactor cores cool while they rust in … Continue reading →

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A Resolution Against the Ocean Dumping of Radioactive Tritium-contaminated Waste Water From the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant via Members of the Association for Citizens and Scientists Concerned about Internal Radiation Exposures (ACSIR)

Posted on 2018/08/17 by nfield

July,2018 A Resolution Against the Ocean Dumping of Radioactive Tritium-contaminated Waste Water From the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant   Members of the Association for Citizens and Scientists Concerned about Internal Radiation Exposures (ACSIR) and citizens and scientists who are concerned … Continue reading →

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About that tritiated water: Who will decide and when? via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/06/05 by nfield

Virtually every news story about the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant acknowledges the tremendous ongoing problem of contaminated water that is accumulating in approximately 850 large tanks on-site. There are about 850,000 tons of water in the tanks at … Continue reading →

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Release of tritium isn’t without real hazards via the Cape Cod Times

Posted on 2017/07/19 by nfield

On July 14, Japan Times reported: “Radioactive tritium, said to pose little risk to human health, will be released from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power complex into the sea. … ‘The decision has already been made,’ Takashi Kawamura, chairman of … Continue reading →

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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE – PNO-III-2017-001 via the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Posted on 2017/07/07 by nfield

[…] SUBJECT: RELEASE OF CIRCULATING WATER CONTAINING TRITIUM USING AN UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE PATH DESCRIPTION: On June 12, 2017, Braidwood reported to the NRC in Event Notification (EN) 52802, “Offsite Notification for Discharge of Circulating Water,” that they had notified the … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Report Delayed as Tepco Gets New Chance to Explain via Bloomberg

Posted on 2015/05/04 by norma field

The International Atomic Energy Agency delayed a report about meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to give Japanese officials another chance to explain radiation leaking into the Pacific Ocean. The IAEA’s report about mid- to long-term plans to … Continue reading →

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Fukushima: Evaporating tank contents is not the solution via Dr Ian Fairlie

Posted on 2015/04/11 by norma field

Recent news stories are suggesting that TEPCO is considering evaporating the large quantities of radioactive water held in thousands of tanks at Fukushima. […] Disposing large volumes of highly tritiated water is a serious problem for TEPCO but its evaporation … Continue reading →

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It’s Time for Japan to Punish Tepco via Bloomberg

Posted on 2015/03/11 by norma field

By William Pesek Fishermen trawling the waters off Japan’s eastern coast have been alleging for a while that radioactive water was again spilling into the Pacific from the Fukushima power plant that melted down after a massive earthquake in 2011. … Continue reading →

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Radioactive water floods Fukushima plant basements after wrong pumps switched on via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/04/15 by norma field

Tons of highly radioactive water have flooded basements at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant after pumps that should not have been in use were mistakenly turned on. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced April 14 that … Continue reading →

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